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Collected Algerian Materials 1960-1962

Scope and Contents note

Brochures, press releases, broadcast transcripts, interview transcripts, notes, reports, and memoranda concerning the Algerian war for independence and the coup staged by the Organisation Armée Secrète in 1961. Includes inventory by John K. Cooley of this 1963 accession.
box 1, folder 1

Inventory by John K. Cooley (1963 accession)

 

Algiers military coup 1961 April 19-27

box 1, folder 2

Dispatch to Christian Science Monitor, containing background information on the Organisation Armée Secrète April 18

box 1, folder 3

Eyewitness account of Challe take-over, cabled to Radio Press International, London, and Christian Science Monitor, but blocked by censorship April 22

box 1, folder 4

Scripts of news broadcasts from Cooley to Radio Press International, London, transmitted from "Radio France" (name which insurgents gave to Algiers radio) April 22

Scope and Contents note

Includes changes made at request of Colonel Gardes, who censored outgoing broadcasts
box 1, folder 5

Broadcasts from Cooley to CBC, London, on "Radio France" April 23

box 1, folder 6

Carbon copy of diplomatic report, concerning Saharan petroleum, gas and other resources being surveyed at that time, due to possibility of extended blockade by the French government forces April 20

box 1, folder 7

Notes taken on breakdown of loyalist and insurgent officers, including list of those imprisoned by junta April 22

box 1, folder 8

Dispatch to Christian Science Monitor, read on "Radio France" April 24

box 1, folder 9

Radio broadcasts to Radio Press International and CBC, concerning the possibility of paratroop landing in France, and statements by Challe and Salan (censored) April 24

box 1, folder 10

Uncensored dispatch prepared for Christian Science Monitor, intended to be smuggled out but never sent April 24

box 1, folder 11

Handwritten memoranda of conversations with two clandestine pro-government officer informants concerning military situation undated

box 1, folder 12

Thermofax copy of proclamation prepared and broadcast by Challe on "Radio France," concerning activity of army April 24

box 1, folder 13

Script of broadcast on "Radio France" April 25

Scope and Contents note

Includes two alterations made by censor and censor's signature on each page
box 1, folder 14

Broadcasts made after return of government control April 26

Scope and Contents note

Includes account of government takeover, final skirmishes, and forum on night of April 25
box 1, folder 15

Broadcasts concerning Foreign Legion refusal to return to government authority April 27

box 1, folder 16

Dispatches and broadcasts concerning aftermath of coup April 28

box 1, folder 17

Copy of Algiers afternoon newspaper, Dernière Heure April 23

box 1, folder 18

Copy of Le Journal d'Alger April 24

box 1, folder 19

Copy of La Dépêche: Quotidien de l'Algerie April 24

 

Interviews with Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) leaders in Cairo 1960

box 1, folder 20

Abbas, Ferhat (typescript) 1960 October 16

box 1, folder 21

Beklacem, Krim (typescript) 1960 November 25

 

Miscellaneous FLN releases and propaganda

box 1, folder 22

Political bulletins of GPRA mission, Rabat 1961 December 8; 1962 January 2 and 19

box 2, folder 1

Appeal by Ferhat Abbas to the Algerian people, Tunis 1960 December 16

box 2, folder 2

Brochure, Aspects of the Algerian Revolution undated

 

Other materials 1960

box 2, folder 3

Handouts, titled "Algérie 1960," given to journalists, on miscellaneous aspects of the Algerian question. Produced by French government information services, Algiers 1960

 

Biographical File 1996-2008

Scope and Contents note

Resume, biographical essays, obituaries.
box 2, folder 4

Resumes, news articles about John K. Cooley 1996-2008

box 2, folder 5

George Polk Award 1996

box 2, folder 6

Obituaries 2008

 

Writings and Speeches 1952-2008

Scope and Contents note

Typescript drafts, printed material, newspaper clippings, and research material related to books, newspaper stories, magazine articles, and speeches written by Cooley, and projects he proposed as well. Arranged in sub-series by type of material, and then chronologically.
 

Books

box 2, folder 7

Baal, Christ, and Muhammed (1965), publicity 1965

box 2, folder 8

Libyan Sandstorm: The Complete Account of Qaddafi's Revolution (1982), reviews 1982-1983

box 2, folder 9

Payback: America's Long War in the Middle East (1991), reviews 1991-1992

 

Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America, and International Terrorism (1999)

box 2, folder 10

Reviews and publicity 2000-2002

box 2, folder 11

Packet of Italian articles (sent by publisher) reviewing Unholy Wars in Italy 2001-2006

 

An Alliance Against Babylon: America, Israel and Iraq (2005)

box 2, folder 12

Revised manuscript and author's letter to Pluto highlighting the book's contributions and highlights 2003

box 2, folder 13-14

Earlier draft 2003

 

Research materials

box 2, folder 15

Main binder (with author's annotations indicating future chapters)

box 3, folder 1

Main binder (with author's annotations indicating future chapters) (contd.)

box 3, folder 2

Secondary binder

box 3, folder 3

Proposed covers

 

Currency Wars, 2008

box 3, folder 4

Blue notebook. Handwritten draft of Chapter 13 of Currency wars

box 3, folder 5

"Supernotes: The Counterfeiters' Secret War against America." Book Proposal and Outline, Version 1 1997

box 3, folder 6

"Supernotes: The Secret War of Counterfeiters against America," Version 2 1997

box 3, folder 7

"Funny Money: The Counterfeiters in History and the New Europe," summary outline with hand-written notes, Draft Chapter 1 2001

box 3, folder 8

"Funny Money: Counterfeiters & Money Launderers- Their Threat in History and the Age of New Terrorism," revised summary outline 2001

box 3, folder 9

"Money Power: Counterfeiting as Crime and Weapon of War." Book proposal, outline and draft chapter 2 2005

box 3, folder 10-11

"Currency Wars," first draft with corrections 2007 (2 folders)

 

Research material

box 3, folder 12

General

box 4, folder 1

General (contd.)

box 4, folder 2

Counterfeiting in the United States

box 4, folder 3

Counterfeiting in Europe

box 4, folder 4-5

Early research (Crane Paper Company) 1996-1997 (2 folders)

box 4, folder 6

Operation Bernhard (German counterfeiting ring in World War II)

 

Newspaper articles 1952-2008

box 4, folder 7

New York Herald articles, clippings 1952-1953

 

Christian Science Monitor, 1957-1980

box 4, folder 8

1957-1961

box 16

1975 Oversize

box 16

1976 Oversize

box 16

1977 Oversize

box 5, folder 1

Pentagon stories 1978-1981

box 5, folder 2

1978

box 5, folder 3

1979

box 5, folder 4

1980

 

Articles in various publications, clippings and photocopies 1980-2008

box 5, folder 5

1980-1989

box 5, folder 6

1990-1999

box 5, folder 7

2000-2008

box 5, folder 8

ABC News website commentaries 1996-2003

 

Magazine articles and book chapters 1996-2003

box 6, folder 1

"Cross and Crescent," The Commonweal November 24, 1961

box 6, folder 2

"King Hassan's Unbound Morocco," The Reporter October 11, 1962

box 6, folder 3

"Conflict within the Iraqi Left," Problems of Post-Communism January-February 1980

box 6, folder 4

"The News from the Mideast: A Working Approach," Middle East Journal Autumn 1981

box 6, folder 5

The War over Water, Foreign Policy Spring 1984

box 6, folder 6

"Libya," prepared for Handbook of the Arab World, 1986

box 6, folder 7

"Pre-Gulf War Diplomacy," Survival, March/April 1991

box 6, folder 8

"Death of a Diplomat: John K. Cooley's Memories of 1974," published in 50 Years: Cyprus Mail (Nicosia, 1995)

box 6, folder 9

"Middle Eastern Terrorism: The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict," written for the Encyclopedia of Terrorism (published by M.E. Sharpe) 1996

box 6, folder 10

"Vienna 1946," original draft in English, September 2002, and published version (in Italian) Diario Milano January 2003

box 6, folder 11

"Proxies and Proxy Wars: 20th Century Mishaps and Disasters," prepared for Rethink: Causes and Consequences of September 11, edited by Giorgio Baravalle 2004

 

Draft articles and works in progress 1950s-2008

box 6, folder 12

Bin Laden's Shadow Spotted in the Balkans undated, circa 2001

box 6, folder 13

The Dream of Samarra: Saints and Sorcerers in the Western Sahara undated, circa 1950s

box 6, folder 14

Epilogue: The Globalization of Violence date unknown

box 6, folder 15

"From the Red Army to the Zaibatsu" (Japanese leftist connection to Palestinians), draft chapter date unknown

box 6, folder 16

"The Genteel Sovereign: A Reminiscence of King Hussein ibn Talal of Jordan" date and venue unknown

box 6, folder 17

"Iran, Maghreb and Afghanistan: Landmarks" Autobiographical sketch date and venue unknown

box 6, folder 18

Israel and Iraq: Convoluted Antagonism date and venue unknown

box 6, folder 19

"Israel and the Iraq Wars" Outline for an article based on book Alliance with Babylon

box 6, folder 20

Remembrances of Saleh Taamri date and venue unknown

box 6, folder 21

Terrorism: Continuity and Change in the 20th Century undated, circa 2000

box 6, folder 22

"Who Cares About Syria?" Draft article originally prepared for submission to the Washington Quarterly, not published circa 1984

box 6, folder 23

Who's Afraid of Militant Islam? undated

box 6, folder 24

"A War against Saddam Is No Local Conflict," written for the International Herald Tribune December 14, 1990

box 6, folder 25

"Greece Wants to Stop Changing Balkan Frontiers," written for the International Herald Tribune July 25, 1992

box 6, folder 26

"In the Mideast and Balkans, the Russians Try Hard for a Comeback," written for the International Herald Tribune May 2, 1994

box 6, folder 27

"Beirut Blues, by Hanan al-Shakykh" (book review), written for the International Herald Tribune May 8, 1995

box 6, folder 28

"After Oslo: New Realities, Old Problems" (book review), written for the Journal of Palestinian Studies 1998

box 6, folder 29

Who Really Dunnit? We May Never Know: a Comment for Perspective on 10th Anniversary of Pan-Am 103 Bombing 1998

box 6, folder 30

"The Palestinians Need Hanan Ashrawi's Brainy Leadership?" written for the International Herald Tribune May 29, 2002

box 6, folder 31

"September 11 Anniversary: History Lessons," prepared for Diario, August 2002 publication date unknown

box 6, folder 32

Wanted: Urgent Action to Mid-East Water Issues September 23, 2002

box 6, folder 33

"The War that Spared New York" (German World War II plans to bomb New York), written for the International Herald Tribune 2003

box 6, folder 34

"Homeless in Gaza," written for Diario Magazine May 18, 2004

box 6, folder 35

"U.S. Homeland Security and the Atlantic U-boat War, 1942-44," Written in 2005 for the US Naval Institute's Essay Contest on Naval Intelligence

box 6, folder 36

"Friendship and Professionalism in the Old Beirut," draft of tribute to Peter Jennings, written for the Christian Science Monitor August 2005

box 6, folder 37

"Iran, Iraq and the Gulf: The Fire Again?" draft prepared for the Harvard International Review, March 2006 published in Summer 2006

box 6, folder 38

"Can Putin Fight Russia's Money Forgery Problem?" 2007, draft for International Herald Tribune

box 6, folder 39

Oil and Cyprus February 2007

box 6, folder 40

"Currency Counterfeiting," written for Esquiremagazine (December 2007)

box 6, folder 41

Counterfeiting article submitted to Foreign Policy May 2008

 

Proposed projects 1954-2008

box 7, folder 1

Land of the Nearest East,unpublished book manuscript undated, circa 1954

 

Mohammed Khidder book

box 7, folder 2

Background material 1979-1980

box 7, folder 3

Book outline undated

box 7, folder 4

Chapter drafts undated

box 7, folder 5

Signed declaration of widow of Khidder 1979

box 7, folder 6

World War II espionage novel: notes and background material circa 1990s

box 7, folder 7

Tibet reportage, 1995 (story proposal for the Washington Post, draft articles for The Guardian, Cyprus Mail and International Herald Tribune, suggested storyboard outline for ABC News feature, and background material)

box 7, folder 8-10

Libya: International Crisis Group report (proposed) 2002-2003 (4 folders)

box 8, folder 1

Libya: International Crisis Group report (proposed) 2002-2003 (contd.)

 

"Pan Am 103 or Delayed Justice," book proposal (with Wilhelm Dietl)

box 8, folder 2

Book proposal summary and chapter outline

box 8, folder 3

Authors' correspondence

box 8, folder 4-6

Background papers and materials 2002-2008

 

Personal memoirs (incomplete) undated circa 2007-2008

box 8, folder 7

Background material (including U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposal on Franco-American air base in Morocco)

box 8, folder 8

Chapter drafts and notes

 

Speeches and conference papers 1991-2005

box 9, folder 1

"Covering the Kuwait Crisis, 1990-1991," Conference on the Media and the Gulf War, Turkish Foreign Press Association, Istanbul June 7-8, 1991

box 9, folder 2

"Cleaning Up Middle East Water," prepared for Middle East Economic Summit November 14, 1996

box 9, folder 3

Censorship, Technology and Foreign Reporting 1997

box 9, folder 4

"The Frankenstein Syndrome: Unforeseen Consequences of the CIA's Jihad in Afghanistan, 1979-1989," Conference of SHAFR, Georgetown University, June 19, 2002 1997

box 9, folder 5

"Images and Realities in the Palestinian World," Center for Policy Analysis on Palestine. Washington DC September 11, 1998

box 9, folder 6

CUNY Conference on Globalization and the Media 1999

box 9, folder 7

"Consequences of the 1979-89 Jihad," note for possible presentation February 17, 2000

box 9, folder 8

"War and the Druglords in South Asia," prepared for delivery at the HNN conference on Drugs, Visby, Sweden May 3-6, 2001

box 9, folder 9

"Libyan History, Libyan Legends," prepared for delivery at conference on Libya's future, Washington DC October 2001

box 9, folder 10

"The 'Anti-Terror' War since Sept. 11," prepared for delivery at La Maison de l'Europe, Paris March 5, 2002

box 9, folder 11

"Old Roots of 'New' Terrorism," prepared for delivery at the CCAS, Georgetown University March 27, 2003

box 9, folder 12

"Arab Development: Sequels are Needed," presented at the UNDP-AHDR conference, Ifrane, Morocco December 11-14, 2003

box 9, folder 13

"Privatizing War and Occupation," prepared for Launch of Rethink 9/11, Tufts University February 25, 2004

box 9, folder 14

"Terrorism: Constants and Verities," Prepared for the EPIIC Forum, Tufts University February 29, 2004

box 9, folder 15

"The United States in the Middle East: A Half Century of Change," prepared for delivery at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan March 9, 2005

box 9, folder 16

"Failures of Intelligence? Or Un-Intelligent Failures," prepared for delivery at the US Congressional Black Caucus Hearing on 9/11 Commission Report Omissions, Washington DC September 23-25, 2005

box 9, folder 17

The Making of a Foreign Correspondent

 

Subject Files/ABC News 1982-2002

Scope and Contents note

Typescript drafts, printed material, newspaper and magazine clippings, and videocassette, related to research Cooley conducted for reports he contributed to on ABC News.
box 9, folder 18-19

Counterfeiting (Supernotes) 1996-1997

box 9, folder 20

Crypto AG (Zurich) 1994

box 10, folder 1

Iraqi antiquities, theft of 1999

 

John Paul II, Pope; Assassination attempt 2000-2002

box 10, folder 2

Memos, ABC News research, background and correspondence

box 10, folder 3

Transcript of ABC News interview, Peter Jennings with Father Jean Calvez

box 10, folder 4-5

Background material

 

Pan-Am 103 / Lockerbie bombing 1989-2000

box 10, folder 6

Background material and correspondence 1989-1991

box 10, folder 7

Background material and correspondence 1999-2000

box 10, folder 8

Transcript of Primetime television special 1989

box 11, folder 1

Videotape of Primetime television special 1989

box 11, folder 2

Philadelphia Experiment (regarding attempt to make a U.S. naval ship invisible to detection) 1997

box 11, folder 3

Various investigative stories, ABC News 1998-2000

box 11, folder 4

Water management conflict in the Middle East 1982-1983

 

Photographs 1958-1990

Scope and Contents note

Photographic prints and negatives, both created by and collected by Cooley, arranged by topic.
 

Photographs collected by John Cooley 1958-1990

box 11, folder 5

Ayatollah Morteza Pasindideh with Imam undated

box 11, folder 6

Prince Reza Pahlavi, single portrait and visit with California Governor George Deukmejian undated and 1990 (2 prints)

box 11, folder 7

Ayatollah Khomeini with his family in Iran, prior to exile 1958 (gift of Chris Isham, ABC News)

box 11, folder 8

Ayatollah Khomeini with Ayatollah Morteza Pasindideh 1979 (gift of Chris Isham, ABC News)

box 11, folder 9

Suez Canal, with President Anwar Sadat, General Hosni Mubarak, and Prince Reza Pahlavi 1979 (copyright, Annie Jennings)

box 11, folder 10-11

Beirut and Lebanon, United Press International photographs, by Claude Salhani 1981-1984 (80 prints, 2 folders)

 

Photographs taken by John K. Cooley 1966-1983

box 12, folder 1

Military parade in unidentified country, possibly Algeria undated (37 prints and negatives)

box 12, folder 2

Various photographs, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain undated (7 prints, 7 slides)

box 12, folder 3

Yemen 1967 (31 prints)

box 12, folder 4

Western Sahara 1969 (22 prints)

box 12, folder 5

Photos taken on assignment with Christian Science Monitor 1966-1980 (33 prints)

box 12, folder 6

Izmir, Turkey 1979 (10 prints, 3 contact sheets)

box 12, folder 7

Libya and Moammar Qadaffi undated, probably 1980s (65 color prints)

box 12, folder 8

South Lebanon and Israel May-June 1983

 

Assorted Personal Papers 1996-2007

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, business cards, and notebooks, arranged by type of material and then chronologically.
 

Reporter's notebooks 1991-2007

box 12, folder 9

1991

box 12, folder 10

1999-2003

box 12, folder 11

2001

box 12, folder 12

2002

box 12, folder 13

2003

box 13, folder 1

2006

box 13, folder 2

Counterfeiting book, Greek wildfires 2007

box 13, folder 3

"Unholy Wars" book

box 13, folder 4

Book ideas undated

box 13, folder 5

Interviews 2000-2001

box 13, folder 6-7

Various projects undated

box 14, folder 1-4

Business cards undated

 

Correspondence

box 14, folder 5

General 1996-2006

box 14, folder 6

King Hussein of Jordan 1989

 

Miscellaneous Collected Material 1975-1991

Scope and Contents note

Brochures, maps, pamphlets, and printed material.
box 14, folder 7

American University in Beirut, pamphlets and press releases 1975

box 14, folder 8

"Carter-Brezhnev Project," Brown University 1995-1996

box 15, folder 1

"Conversations in Lebanon," by Joe and Lois Malone 1977

box 15, folder 2

Driss, Rachid, reprints of articles about Tunisia prior to World War II, from Cahiers de Tunisie 1978-1979

box 15, folder 3

Environnement économique d'Ossama bin Laden 2001

box 15, folder 4

George Polk affair (background material)

box 16

"The Great Man Made River Project" (Libyan water pipeline) circa 1980s

Scope and Contents note

Oversize.
box 15, folder 5

Iraq (unpublished papers and other documents) 1987-1997

box 15, folder 6

"Israeli Settlement Policies in Occupied Arab Territories," transcript and slides for presentation, from Office of the Crown Prince of Jordan 1980

box 15, folder 7-8

Maps and guides

box 15, folder 9

Middle East Peace Conference, Madrid, 1991, "Issues, Facts, and Figures: A Guide"